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CVE-2005-0229

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0229 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in CitrusDB versions 0.3.5 and earlier, as well as CitrusDB Customer Database. The flaw allows remote attackers to steal credit card information by directly accessing the "newfile.txt" temporary data file, which is improperly stored under the web root. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required for exploitation. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, significant community discussion, or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrusdb:citrusdb_customer_database:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrusdb:citrusdb_customer_database:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrusdb:citrusdb_customer_database:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrusdb:citrusdb_customer_database:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:citrusdb:citrusdb_customer_database:0.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-25072 · Jan 31, 2005
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0765 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 23,684 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

marc.info
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/19145
citrusdb.org / forums/viewtopic.php
redteam-pentesting.de / advisories/rt-sa-2005-001.txt
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/12402
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory